[wxPython-dev] 20060712 test build uploaded

[Robin Dunn]

Werner F. Bruhin wrote:
> Hi Robin,
> 
> R'bot wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> A new test build of wxPython has been uploaded to starship. 
>>   Version: 2.7.0.0pre.20060712
>>   URL:     http://starship.python.net/crew/robind/wxPython/daily/20060712
>>   Changes: 
>> http://starship.python.net/crew/robind/wxPython/daily/20060712/CHANGES.html 
>>
>>
>> Have fun!
>> R'bot
>>  
>>
> I am having a little bit of fun!
> 
> Installed it on Python 2.5b2 and Windows XP pro.
> 
> In the demo I found some little issues.
> 
> *Picker controls*
> If I click on the wx.ColorPickerCtrl and change the color by clicking on 
> a shade on the right side, the RGB values change but not the selected 
> color.  I have to select first a color on the left and then within the 
> "shades area" to make it work.

Hmm...  I can't duplicate this.  It works for me to just pick pick a 
color in the gradient area on the right, adjust the intensity slider on 
the far right, and then click Ok

> 
> *RichText control*
> I can't change the font color, all the other things like bold, italic, 
> font style work, but selecting a text, clicking on the font button (on 
> the toolbar) and selecting any color and pressing o.k. does NOT change 
> the color, however if I change at the same time e.g. font size the size 
> changes but not the color.

I'll check into this.  It may be something that I missed when porting 
the sample from C++.


> 
> *ActiveXPdfWindow*
> Crashes when opening a PDF file (Adobe 7.0.5)

Yes, this is the same old problem with Adobe's new ActiveX control that 
nobody has been able to solve yet.  I suppose I should just take this 
module out of the demo, or else show it by embedding in an IE window 
instead, which does work.  If somebody has time to whip up a patch for 
this I would appreciate it.


> 
> *Visual things in the demo*
> - with the ScrolledPanel demo a black squart shows for a moment

This was present in 2.6 as well, just not as noticeably visible.  It 
comes from creating the panel for the newly selected demo, which shows 
up at its default size and position, and then adding it to the notebook 
where it gets sized, positioned, and painted appropriately.  It is black 
initially now because of some low level changes done a while back for 
how themed windows are created (or something like that.)  We could work 
around that by creating the panels hidden to begin with and then showing 
them after they've been added to the notebook, but I haven't had the 
gumption needed to make the change to all of the demo modules.

> - with the SplitTree a large black rectangle shows for some time - very 
> very very slow in loading

Hmm, something is blocking some event handler from returning to the main 
loop...  Very weird.  I'll take a look at it.

> 
> *Exception when I tried to run Boa 0.4.4*
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "boa.py", line 256, in <module>
>    import Preferences, Utils
>  File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\boa\Preferences.py", line 137, in 
> <module>
> 
>    execfile(file)
>  File "C:\Documents and 
> Settings\wbruhin\.boa-constructor\prefs.plug-ins.rc.py"
> , line 11, in <module>
>    from wxPython.wx import *
>  File 
> "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\wx-2.7.0-msw-unicode\wxPython\__init__.py"
> , line 15, in <module>
>    import _wx
>  File 
> "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\wx-2.7.0-msw-unicode\wxPython\_wx.py", lin
> e 3, in <module>
>    from _core import *
>  File 
> "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\wx-2.7.0-msw-unicode\wxPython\_core.py", l
> ine 877, in <module>
>    wxEVT_POWER = wx._core.wxEVT_POWER
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'wxEVT_POWER'*
> *

Did you also see a DeprecationWarning about the wxPython.wx namespace 
not being automatically generated or maintained any longer?  I can fix 
this particular bug, but the old wxPython package really needs to die.


-- 
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman
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